Brush brothers of Sentry Safe honored for contribution to local economy

1:43 AM,
Apr. 26, 2011

Brothers Jim Brush, left, and Doug Brush are third-generation operators of Sentry Safe, where their innovation and application earned them the Herbert W. Vanden Brul Entrepreneurial Award on Monday. "The idea is that we find good people, we empower them, hold them accountable for results," said Jim Brush.

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Sentry Safe was founded in Rochester by John D. Brush Sr. and Willard Punnett in 1930 with an idea of mass producing safes from stamped metal just like the cars of the day produced by Henry Ford.

More than 80 years later the company is still based in the Rochester area and a leading manufacturer of safes based on the innovative ideas of the Brush family leadership through three generations. Sentry is the leading producer of fire-resistant chests, files, safes and gun safes.

John Brush Sr.'s grandsons, Doug and Jim Brush, run the company today and are this year's winners of the Herbert W. Vanden ...